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When the issue happens, normally the Windows PowerShell shortcuts on the Start menu’s Apps List have also Apache HTTP Server Apple iPhone
been broken, missing, disappeared, or accidentally deleted. As the result, when you try to look for Windows
PowerShell through Start menu, Cortana, search, or via Win-X Quick Access right click menu, the PowerShell CentOS cPanel FreeBSD Gmail

shortcuts are not found too. Google Google AdSense Google Search

To x the Windows PowerShell shortcut not found or missing issue, you will need to restore the Windows How To Guide Internet Explorer (IE)
PowerShell shortcuts to its original location, as detailed in the guide below.
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How to Fix Windows 10 Cannot Find Windows PowerShell (Windows PowerShell.lnk) Shortcut on Start and WinX Microsoft Of ce Microsoft Of ce 2007
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1. Open File Explorer.
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2. Open Windows PowerShell shortcuts location of another user. One such location is of “Default” user.
In File Explorer, navigate to the following folder: PHP Red Hat Enterprise Linux

C:\Users\Default\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Windows Scienti c Linux Virtualmin Webmin

PowerShell
Windows Windows 7 Windows 8

Windows 8.1 Windows 10

If your Windows drive is on another drive letter, change it accordingly.
Windows 10 Anniversary Update (Version 1607 -

Build 14393)

You may need to switch account to login as another user (or even a user account in another PC) in Windows 10 Creators Update (Version 1703 -
order to access the AppData folder of said user. In such case, you can copy the Windows PowerShell
Build 15063)
shortcuts to another device such as USB ash drive, or common location such as C:\ drive.
Windows Server Windows Server 2003

Windows Server 2008

If there is no other user account (you’re the only user on the PC), try to create new user.
Windows Server 2008 R2

Windows Server 2012

3. You should see the following 4 shortcuts of Windows PowerShell.
Windows PowerShell (x86).lnk Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows PowerShell ISE (x86).lnk
Windows PowerShell ISE.lnk Windows Server 2016 Windows Vista

Windows PowerShell.lnk Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1)

Copy all the les.
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The directory “%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\WinX\Group3” contains Windows PowerShell Yahoo! Messenger

shortcuts (one for running as administrator) for Win+X right click menu. The shortcuts could be used
too if you couldn’t nd another user pro le with proper Windows PowerShell shortcuts.

4. On the user account which is having issue with Windows PowerShell shortcut, navigate to the following
folder in File Explorer:
%AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Windows PowerShell

Tip

%AppData% represents C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Roaming\

5. Paste the copied Windows PowerShell shortcuts into the folder.

Your Windows PowerShell should be returned to the Start menu now, and the quick access shortcut to Windows
PowerShell in Win-X right click menu should now work properly.

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By LK | July 27th, 2019 | Categories: Windows | Tags: Windows 10, Windows PowerShell | 0 Comments

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